A community for Black Queer people to build and nurture healthy families and parent happy children.
About xHood
xHood is creating a community of Black queer people who feel empowered in their ability to build and nurture healthy families and parent happy children. By guiding and supporting the Black LGBTQ+ community as they navigate the impacts of the Black reproductive health crisis, systemic racism, homophobia and transphobia on our family building and nurturing journey.
Mia Cooley
founder
Mia Cooley is a community builder and parenting coach. She specializes in supporting Black and/or Queer families through all of those special and at times frustrating moments on the journey to and through babies. When she’s not connecting families with resources that help them build and nurture children she’s a published writer and fellow Black Woman working in technology.
meet the team
Chinere Jenkins
She/Her
Community Manager, Love & Belonging
DJ Adams-Walker
She/They
Community Manager, Representation & Empowerment
Karissa Garmon
She/Her
Community Manager, Youth Advocacy
Daisha Cureton
She/Her
Community Manager, Trying to Conceive
Dinea Elliot Collins
She/Her
Community Manager, Birth & Wellness
Kandy Stewart
She/Her
Community Manager, Safety & Security
Jessica Schrody
She/Her
Manager, Growth and Socials
